-after hearing Aneursym live
you were left on this planet
with this luminous pain
and a soda can
to hold an ocean of bitumen
and god said shoot this out of
your wounds
and then sing until everyone
bleeds oil through the release
of their forgotten selves
but kurt but kurt
it was too much this task
this grand extrication
of all of our vitriol pulling through
your body like burnt vasoline
kurt goodbye thank you
for feeling it for us for exorcising it
out of us we don't we
don't judge
you were left on this planet
with this luminous pain
and a soda can
to hold an ocean of bitumen
and god said shoot this out of
your wounds
and then sing until everyone
bleeds oil through the release
of their forgotten selves
but kurt but kurt
it was too much this task
this grand extrication
of all of our vitriol pulling through
your body like burnt vasoline
kurt goodbye thank you
for feeling it for us for exorcising it
out of us we don't we
don't judge
your exit
Scott Ferry helps our Veterans heal as a RN in the Seattle area. In former lives he taught high school, managed aquatic centers, and practiced acupuncture. He has four books of poetry: The only thing that makes sense is to grow (Moon Tide, 2019), Mr. Rogers kills fruit flies (Main St. Rag, 2020), These Hands of Myrrh (Kelsay Books, 2021), and Sea of Marrow (Ethel Press, 2021). He has two books upcoming in 2022: fishmirror from Alien Buddha Press and Skinless in the Cereal Aisle from Impspired.
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